FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Septemeber 7, 2004.

Genevac Ltd, world leader in solvent removal for drug discovery applications, has announced its presence at HET INSTRUMENT 2004 (1-5th November) in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Showcase for solvent evaporation technology …

Genevac Ltd, world leader in solvent removal for drug discovery applications, has announced its presence at HET INSTRUMENT 2004 (1-5th November) in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

On Stand 7C26, technical specialists from Genevac will be available to demonstrate and discuss the latest advances in solvent removal technology. On display will be the company's popular EZ-2 personal evaporator system. Incorporating the latest centrifugal evaporation technology in a compact and easy-to-use bench top model, the EZ-2 is priced to be affordable by almost any laboratory. Intuitive controls and large LCD display provide ease of use comparable to a typical rotary evaporator yet the EZ-2 can process many more samples per unit time. The EZ-2 now accommodates a wide selection of sample holders enabling evaporation from most common sample formats including round-bottom flasks up to 500ml, tubes up to 160mm long, custom reaction blocks and shallow or deep-well microplates.

Also on display will be a new scroll pump version of its high-performance HT-4X series centrifugal evaporators. The main advantage of the new scroll pump driven centrifugal evaporators is that they are dry, and therefore do not require any pumping fluid or lubricant in order to operate. This in turn makes them ideal for use in harsh chemistry environments such as combinatorial high throughput chemistry and drug discovery, where corrosive or volatile solvents are frequently used. The scroll pump takes its name from the design of the pump head, where a series of crescent shaped scrolls cut into an oscillating rotor are used to repeatedly compress and uncompress the gas or vapour to be pumped. The powerful HT-series centrifugal evaporators offer unmatched speed of evaporation, shorter condenser defrost time, more powerful software and the flexibility to accommodate a wider range of sample formats than any other systems in their class.

For further information please contact Genevac.

CONTACTS:

Worldwide HQ Genevac Ltd. Farthing Road Ipswich IP1 5AP UK tel. +44-1473-240000 email: salesinfo@genevac.co.uk

North America HQ Genevac Inc Valley Cottage, NY USA tel. +1-845-267-2211